diff --git a/code/modules/organs/internal/lungs.dm b/code/modules/organs/internal/lungs.dm
index 07ef683e06..f123ea127b 100644
--- a/code/modules/organs/internal/lungs.dm
+++ b/code/modules/organs/internal/lungs.dm
@@ -15,28 +15,29 @@
 
 	if(is_bruised())
 		if(prob(4))
-			spawn owner.emote("me", 1, "coughs up blood!")
+			spawn owner?.emote("me", 1, "coughs up blood!")
 			owner.drip(10)
 		if(prob(8))
-			spawn owner.emote("me", 1, "gasps for air!")
+			spawn owner?.emote("me", 1, "gasps for air!")
 			owner.AdjustLosebreath(15)
 
 	if(owner.internal_organs_by_name[O_BRAIN]) // As the brain starts having Trouble, the lungs start malfunctioning.
 		var/obj/item/organ/internal/brain/Brain = owner.internal_organs_by_name[O_BRAIN]
 		if(Brain.get_control_efficiency() <= 0.8)
 			if(prob(4 / max(0.1,Brain.get_control_efficiency())))
-				spawn owner.emote("me", 1, "gasps for air!")
+				spawn owner?.emote("me", 1, "gasps for air!")
 				owner.AdjustLosebreath(round(3 / max(0.1,Brain.get_control_efficiency())))
 
 /obj/item/organ/internal/lungs/proc/rupture()
-	var/obj/item/organ/external/parent = owner.get_organ(parent_organ)
-	if(istype(parent))
-		owner.custom_pain("You feel a stabbing pain in your [parent.name]!", 50)
+	if(owner)
+		var/obj/item/organ/external/parent = owner.get_organ(parent_organ)
+		if(istype(parent))
+			owner.custom_pain("You feel a stabbing pain in your [parent.name]!", 50)
 	bruise()
 
 /obj/item/organ/internal/lungs/handle_germ_effects()
 	. = ..() //Up should return an infection level as an integer
-	if(!.) return
+	if(!. || !owner) return
 
 	//Bacterial pneumonia
 	if (. >= 1)
@@ -54,6 +55,6 @@
 	..()
 	var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = null
 	spawn(15)
-		if(ishuman(owner))
+		if(owner && ishuman(owner))
 			H = owner
 			color = H.species.blood_color